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by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

The Zags had the weakest strength of schedule ever by a No. 1 seed. But Mark Few's team lost only two games all season, one of which came on a buzzer beater at Butler. Miami may have won the ACC regular season and tournament titles, but losses to Wake Forest, Florida Gulf Coast and Indiana State had to weigh heavily on the committee's decision. And though Duke had a stellar season, particularly when Ryan Kelly was healthy, how could the Blue Devils gets a No. 1 seed over Miami?

The committee made the right call here. Also, you may be surprised to know that Dick Vitale disagreed with the decision to put Duke at No. 2. (Though, to be fair, he also praised the committee for seeding Gonzaga as a top seed. Then he had cake while eating it too.)

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2. Middle Tennessee State gets a bid.

The Blue Raiders were going to be a key player in Selection Sunday either way. Their bid means the committee let in a team with one win over the RPI top 100. If MTSU didn't get a bid, the team would have had the most wins of any team ever left out of the tournament.

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3. Louisville gets the top overall seed and the Indianapolis regional to go with it.

It was all but assumed that Indiana's path to the Final Four would go through Indianapolis. But on the final weekend of the season, Louisville stormed through the Big East tournament and earned the berth in the nearby regional. Indiana will instead travel to Washington D.C. for a potential (and juicy) Sweet 16 game with Syracuse.

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4. Mid-majors gets the final at-large bids over teams from major conferences.

Where's Virginia? How about Tennessee? Et tu, Testudo? The biggest schools saw the little guys like Boise State, La Salle, MTSU and St. Mary's take bids that long belonged to them. I'd be giving a standing ovation, if it was possible to type while standing and applauding.

The major conference teams with burst bubbles had countless opportunities to win their way into the tournament. Would Virginia beat La Salle in a best-of-seven series? Probably, but they didn't win the big games when it mattered. Give the little guy a shot to do so.

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5. Kentucky stays home.

This wasn't a surprise in the moment -- the Wildcats weren't expected to receive a bid on Sunday. However, they become the first team in more than 25 years to be ranked in the top three to start the season and miss the tournament. They're also the fifth defending champion of the modern tournament to miss out on next year's tourney, joining North Carolina (2010), Florida (2008), Kansas (1989) and Louisville (1987).

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6. North Carolina vs. Kansas in third round?

Roy Williams returns to Kansas City for the NCAA tournament and could face his old team in the third round. If that's just dumb luck (as the selection committee will insist), it's dumb luck of the delicious variety.

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7. They did a fine job.

To be honest, Selection Sunday has become a lot less fun over the past few years. Whether because of the popularity of bracketology, the addition of four more bubble teams or an increased reliance on worthwhile metrics, the selection committee has done great work over the past four years. Any complaints about the field are half-hearted, at best. The snubbed teams never have much of a beef and seeding errors aren't as important as the media makes them out to be. It will always take six wins to cut down the nets, whether you're a No. 1, No. 16 or anywhere in between.